South Powys Youth Music

Analysis

South Powys Youth Music is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, South Powys Youth Music reported income of £36k and spending of £58k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7,172 to £36k (+409%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 328%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, South Powys Youth Music sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carlton and Gedling U3a (£36k), Tyldesley Little Theatre (£36k) and Kasgumma Educational Welfare & Cultural Activities Trust (£36k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.